Governor Kathy Hochul and Carolyn Maloney at Roosevelt House

In October 2025, AAUW NYC Metro invited me as their guest to hear Governor Kathy Hochul speak at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, in a conversation hosted by former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. Maloney spent decades in Congress pushing for the Equal Rights Amendment, so getting a photo with her afterward meant more to me than a souvenir.

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